Guy Levasseur (Partner-New York) and John Leddy (Associate-New York) obtained summary judgment on behalf of a commercial transportation / environmental cleanup company in a motor vehicle action in the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, on the fourth motion to address liability in a case where our truck rear-ended a school bus. The plaintiff school bus driver was stopped at a railroad crossing and the insured driver was stopped behind plaintiff's vehicle when it was struck by a third vehicle owned and operated by the co-defendants. The severity of the plaintiff’s injuries presented overall exposure in excess of $2.5 million. Although the plaintiff moved solely against the co-defendants, alleging the third vehicle's action was the sole cause of the accident, the Court on its own accord granted summary as to all defendants based on the conclusory statements of the co-defendant driver who had since fled the country. Guy and John successfully moved for renewal and re-argument, limiting the Court's prior decision and arguing that the co-defendants' arguments were contrary to any factual evidence presented. They then moved for summary judgment against the co-defendant, showing that the insured vehicle was stopped and could not have contributed to plaintiff's accident or injuries. Four motions and a year later, our clients were granted summary judgment and the case continues against the co-defendant trucking company and driver, with a likely verdict and exposure in excess of their policy.